John Gast | Starting Pitcher

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John Gast retired from baseball in January.

Gast used to be a pretty decent pitching prospect for the Cardinals and made three starts for them in 2013, but he had shoulder surgery that July and just hasn't been the same pitcher since. "Physically I am healthy but I just wasn’t quite back to the same ability," he said. "After the surgery I pitched two seasons and had moderate success I would say, but it never really came back to me." Gast will turn 27 on Tuesday. Mon, Feb 15, 2016 04:06:00 PM

John Gast (shoulder) allowed one run over five innings in a start for High-A Palm Beach on Monday.

It was Gast's first outing since he underwent surgery on his left lat last July. The left-hander has been brought along slowly but should make it up to Triple-A Memphis before long. Fri, Jun 6, 2014 01:00:00 PM

Cardinals sent LHP John Gast outright to Triple-A Memphis.

Gast, a sixth-round pick of the Cardinals in 2010, registered a promising 1.16 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in seven appearances this past season at the Triple-A level. He also made three starts in the majors, but those didn't go as smoothly. The 24-year-old southpaw had surgery on his left lat in July and is a question mark for the start of spring training next February. Thu, Nov 21, 2013 09:07:00 AM

Depth Charts

With the Cardinals officially eliminated from the playoff hunt Thursday, there's no reason for Molina to play again this season following a concussion on Monday. Carson Kelly is handling the catching duties.

Kolten Wong is out of the Cardinals' lineup Tuesday due to renewed back tightness.

Wong said his back locked up on him in his final at-bat of Monday's series opener against the Cubs. He's been dealing with this back injury for a while and could be limited the rest of the way. Greg Garcia is starting at second base and batting seventh Tuesday versus Chicago.

Carpenter was shut down last week due to lingering discomfort in his shoulder, but the good news is that an MRI only revealed inflammation. The feeling is that he should be fine with an offseason of rest. Carpenter, 31, batted .241/.384/.451 with 23 homers and 69 RBI over 145 games this season.

Wainwright wrote on his personal Twitter account Tuesday night that the Cardinals' medical staff said the surgery "went great!" The veteran right-hander posted a disappointing 5.11 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in 123 1/3 innings this season while showing further-diminished velocity on his fastball and cutter. Wainwright should be ready for the start of spring training next February, but he'll make for a poor fantasy bet in his age-36 campaign.

Cardinals president John Mozeliak suggested Tuesday that Alex Reyes (elbow) will likely make his 2018 debut around the beginning of May.

Reyes underwent Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery last February and missed the entire 2017 season. "Maybe we think about his season beginning more like on May 1 and possibly rolling him in the bullpen," Mozeliak told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "Depending on what we may accomplish this offseason." The young right-hander delivered an exceptional 1.57 ERA with 52 strikeouts over his first 46 major league innings in 2016.